If a Jacksonville Criminal Defendant is arrested for Jacksonville Kidnapping under Section 787.01(1)(a)(2), he or she has also been accused of committing another felony. In order to be charged under this Florida kidnapping law, the Jacksonville State Attorney must show not only that the defendant abducted or imprisoned the victim;…
In Jacksonville, Florida, the crime of kidnapping is a first-degree felony and punishable by up to life in prison. Florida Statute Section 787.01(1)(a) defines Florida kidnapping and states: “(1)(a) The term “kidnapping” means forcibly, secretly, or by threat confining, abducting, or imprisoning another person against her or his will and…
The Florida Casey Anthony Murder trial has been covering headlines all over the State of Florida and the nation. Anthony is an Orlando woman accused of murdering her 2-year-old daughter. Ms. Anthony contends that her daughter drowned in a family swimming pool. The Florida prosecution has presented testimony from multiple…
Amanda Love Gardner was arrested for stealing credit cards from shopper’s purses at Wal-Mart stores in Duval, Clay, and Baker Counties. She is accused of taking the credit cards and then using them to purchase items for herself. She has been charged with fraudulent use of credit cards in Jacksonville…
The Fifth Amendment is applied to Florida, and all the other States, through the Fourteenth Amendment. It protects a person from self-incrimination and is meant to “assure that an individual is not compelled to produce evidence which later may be used against him as an accused in a criminal action.”…
Quite often, the respondent in a Jacksonville Domestic Violence Injunction Hearing will also have a criminal case pending at the same time. Therefore, he or she will be reluctant to defend at the Jacksonville Injunction hearing due to a fear of jeopardizing the criminal case. However, there are remedies. The…
The Florida Law Weekly published an opinion from the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeals. The Florida Court had to decide “whether the trial court committed reversible error by answering a question from the jury without first consulting the defense attorney and prosecuting attorney.” Pearson v. State, 36 Fla. L.…
Eric Francis Sandefur pled guilty to attempted first-degree murder. He was accused of stabbing a transient man, Jason James Jerome, in Jacksonville on December 4, 2010. He entered a guilty plea which exposes him to 40 years in Florida State Prison. Due to the recent Supreme Court ruling in Graham…
The Florida Times-Union’s website (Jacksonville.com) posts occasional surveillance photographs of recent crimes in Jacksonville, Florida in an effort identify the suspects. The Florida Times Union in Jacksonville titles these articles, Perp of the Day, and runs the stories with photographs which are picked up by other online media sources. The…
On May 21, 2011, Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) arrested Pedro Terrero Leyva for Florida Driving Under the Influence (DUI) causing serious bodily injury, careless driving, and having an open container. Leyva has been accused of hitting an off-duty Florida Deputy, Gary Lee Edwards, and causing a crash that seriously injured…